Ride to Milwaukee

So, with the weather (hopefully) turning nice pretty soon I wanted to feel out if there would be anyone wanting to join up with a ride into Milwaukee.

Last time I did this it was in a freaking blizzard, but the route is pretty straightforward, and there's lots of really cool stuff to do in our neighbor to the north: palominos, art museums, cafes...

when: TBD but leave Chicago together early on a saturday, and take the amtrak back from milwaukee with our bikes in the PM (they charge you for a bike box to do this but it's not too bad)

ride will end at palominos but we can figure out some cool stuff to do after a deep fried meal before we bike to the amtrak station!



I say date TBD because it would have to be a relatively mild day (60s?) with hopefully not too bad of a headwind.

If you would be interested in joining up let me know. I treat these sorts of rides like roadtrips by bike so we would stop for food along the way and probably shoot for a somewhat decent speed (14-16 mph), but would take rest stops as needed. this would not be a "prove how fast you can finish a century" ride

I'm gonna ride it fixed gear this time and any other intrepid souls are encouraged to do the same!

Me in the middle of my last cold ride up there:

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Permalink Reply by BalloonBiker on March 19, 2009 at 6:25am
Oh, I'm also interested in the trip. I just always worry that I won't be able to keep up on longer rides when they are faster than "social." I'd love to do the get acquainted ride and see if I'm up to the pace!
Permalink Reply by Chris on March 25, 2009 at 5:13am
Alright,

planning beers and ride: Next Wed. April 1 at Handlebar, 7PM (on north ave just east of western). beers, food, planning. then a ride west on milwaukee for any interested.

Please RSVP or leave your comments here. I'm also gonna add this to the calendar.
Permalink Reply by DonRay A.K.A. Zesty on March 25, 2009 at 6:49am
I'm there WED.

Chris said:
Alright, planning beers and ride: Next Wed. April 1 at Handlebar, 7PM (on north ave just east of western). beers, food, planning. then a ride west on milwaukee for any interested.

Please RSVP or leave your comments here. I'm also gonna add this to the calendar.
Permalink Reply by Justin on March 25, 2009 at 5:31am
I am totally down!!!!
Permalink Reply by Jon on March 25, 2009 at 7:04am
I'd be up for a weekend away. Or just a nice long Saturday
Permalink Reply by Andrew [ ]'s on March 25, 2009 at 8:03am
This ride sounds great, but i'm not sure if i'm ready for it yet or if i'm going to have to work that weekend. I'm definitely interested though
Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on March 25, 2009 at 8:59am
I was under the impression that it was going to be a Saturday long ride. The 19th is Sunday.

DonRay said:
Down to stay the night for sure, down for a shorter ride soon...as for the MIL ride, the later the better due to my work schedule, but I realize I'm only one.

Chris said:
Okay, whoa! I'm psyched by all the interest in this ride and it has sparked several ideas on my part:

1. looks like we have 7 definties and a number of maybes. The definites would be: DonRay, Norm, T.Mo, Kelly, Tank, Brett and myself.

2. I agree that the best to wait until the weather gets warm(er), so should we shoot for the weekend after easter (Apr 19) as a provisional date? Alternatively the last weekend in March, if by some fluke it's in the 60s and sunny?

2. I myself would defintiely be game to crash overnight and then bike back the next day, but I don't think all are. I have e-mailed some folks I know in Milwaukee to see about interest in hosting us. If y'all could do the same that would be great. If you DON'T wanna stay overnight that's fine too!

3. For those who are definites, do we wanna meet up for beers/longish ride in the next few weeks? We can get to know each other and hash out details.

4. If the group is big enough maybe I'll have to design some cool memento spokecards, etc.
Permalink Reply by Chris on March 25, 2009 at 9:03am
The actual date would be, as you point out, SATURDAY which is the 18th. I should have said "the weekend ending the 19th" to avoid confusion.

SATURDAY THE 18TH


John Dominguez said:
I was under the impression that it was going to be a Saturday long ride. The 19th is Sunday.

DonRay said:
Down to stay the night for sure, down for a shorter ride soon...as for the MIL ride, the later the better due to my work schedule, but I realize I'm only one.

Chris said:
Okay, whoa! I'm psyched by all the interest in this ride and it has sparked several ideas on my part:

1. looks like we have 7 definties and a number of maybes. The definites would be: DonRay, Norm, T.Mo, Kelly, Tank, Brett and myself.

2. I agree that the best to wait until the weather gets warm(er), so should we shoot for the weekend after easter (Apr 19) as a provisional date? Alternatively the last weekend in March, if by some fluke it's in the 60s and sunny?

2. I myself would defintiely be game to crash overnight and then bike back the next day, but I don't think all are. I have e-mailed some folks I know in Milwaukee to see about interest in hosting us. If y'all could do the same that would be great. If you DON'T wanna stay overnight that's fine too!

3. For those who are definites, do we wanna meet up for beers/longish ride in the next few weeks? We can get to know each other and hash out details.

4. If the group is big enough maybe I'll have to design some cool memento spokecards, etc.
Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on March 25, 2009 at 1:44pm
Noted.


Chris said:
Alright,

planning beers and ride: Next Wed. April 1 at Handlebar, 7PM (on north ave just east of western). beers, food, planning. then a ride west on milwaukee for any interested.

Please RSVP or leave your comments here. I'm also gonna add this to the calendar.
Permalink Reply by Chucko on March 25, 2009 at 4:24pm
I'd be down for this. Not much for riding the train back myself. I am thinking of doing this at some point and riding up on Friday, staying Saturday and coming back on Sunday. Though I've also considered the insanity of doing a double century and just riding all the way up and back in a day too. (All on the Milwaukee fixed gear. Kind of like a homecoming for my rig, eh?)

Definitely interested in whatever shakes out though.
Permalink Reply by Matt M. 18.5KM on March 27, 2009 at 3:43am
For some in our group the trail ride to Madison via Milwaukee is happening no matter what the weather does - in true randonneur style. If you just want to ride the first day, Saturday May 23, feel free to accompany us until you need to head up route 32 towards Milwaukee. We'll have our own bus and rail emergency plan. That's all for now....
Permalink Reply by Joe on March 27, 2009 at 7:13am
I would love to do this. I am training for the Aids/Lifecycle so this would be perfect.

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